Virtualization of tangible interface objects
US9939961B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 19, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/69
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An example system includes a computing device located proximate to a physical activity surface, a video capture device, and a detector. The video capture device is coupled for communication with the computing device and is adapted to capture a video stream that includes an activity scene of the physical activity surface and one or more interface objects physically intractable with by a user. The detector processes the video stream to detect the one or more interface objects included in the activity scene, to identify the one or more interface objects that are detectable, to generate one or more events describing the one or more interface objects, and to provide the one or more events to an activity application configured to render virtual information on the one or more computing devices based on the one or more events.
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